1900 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania explained

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The 1900 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1900, as part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, President William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 24.31% in this rematch of the 1896 United States presidential election. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory.

With 60.74% of the popular vote, Pennsylvania would be McKinley's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, North Dakota and Maine.^[1]

Bryan had previous lost Pennsylvania to McKinley four years earlier and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

Results

1900 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William McKinley (incumbent)	712,665	60.74%	32
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	424,232	36.16%	0
	Prohibition	John G. Woolley	27,908	2.38%	0
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	4,831	0.41%	0
	Socialist Labor	Joseph F. Maloney	2,936	0.25%	0
	People's	Wharton Barker	638	0.05%	0
Totals			1,173,210	100.00%	35

Results by county

County	William McKinley Republican		William Jennings Bryan Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast[3]
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adams		3,718		47.47%		3,967		50.65%		147		1.88%		-249		-3.18%		7,832
	Allegheny		71,780		69.94%		27,311		26.61%		3,533		3.44%		44,469		43.33%		102,624
	Armstrong		6,443		63.58%		3,438		33.93%		252		2.49%		3,005		29.66%		10,133
	Beaver		6,759		60.11%		4,076		36.25%		409		3.64%		2,683		23.86%		11,244
	Bedford		4,790		57.24%		3,445		41.17%		133		1.59%		1,345		16.07%		8,368
	Berks		13,952		41.53%		19,013		56.60%		628		1.87%		-5,061		-15.07%		33,593
	Blair		9,749		65.81%		4,528		30.57%		537		3.62%		5,221		35.24%		14,814
	Bradford		8,625		64.05%		4,211		31.27%		631		4.69%		4,414		32.78%		13,467
	Bucks		9,263		55.13%		7,287		43.37%		253		1.51%		1,976		11.76%		16,803
	Butler		6,303		55.85%		4,465		39.57%		517		4.58%		1,838		16.29%		11,285
	Cambria		10,476		57.99%		7,168		39.68%		420		2.33%		3,308		18.31%		18,064
	Cameron		971		63.59%		514		33.66%		42		2.75%		457		29.93%		1,527
	Carbon		4,222		48.81%		4,149		47.97%		278		3.21%		73		0.84%		8,649
	Centre		4,684		50.64%		4,339		46.91%		226		2.44%		345		3.73%		9,249
	Chester		13,809		66.20%		6,214		29.79%		835		4.00%		7,595		36.41%		20,858
	Clarion		3,002		44.69%		3,472		51.68%		244		3.63%		-470		-7.00%		6,718
	Clearfield		7,955		53.55%		6,066		40.84%		833		5.61%		1,889		12.72%		14,854
	Clinton		3,157		50.58%		2,879		46.13%		205		3.28%		278		4.45%		6,241
	Columbia		2,954		35.21%		4,982		59.38%		454		5.41%		-2,028		-24.17%		8,390
	Crawford		7,705		49.97%		7,000		45.40%		713		4.62%		705		4.57%		15,418
	Cumberland		5,587		49.06%		5,428		47.66%		374		3.28%		159		1.40%		11,389
	Dauphin		14,673		64.23%		7,390		32.35%		783		3.43%		7,283		31.88%		22,846
	Delaware		13,794		74.96%		4,249		23.09%		358		1.95%		9,545		51.87%		18,401
	Elk		3,254		50.06%		3,105		47.77%		141		2.17%		149		2.29%		6,500
	Erie		11,816		58.47%		7,281		36.03%		1,110		5.49%		4,535		22.44%		20,207
	Fayette		9,637		53.54%		7,650		42.50%		712		3.96%		1,987		11.04%		17,999
	Forest		1,309		61.25%		714		33.41%		114		5.33%		595		27.84%		2,137
	Franklin		6,483		57.98%		4,500		40.24%		199		1.78%		1,983		17.73%		11,182
	Fulton		1,039		45.27%		1,224		53.33%		32		1.39%		-185		-8.06%		2,295
	Greene		2,427		39.02%		3,674		59.07%		119		1.91%		-1,247		-20.05%		6,220
	Huntingdon		4,645		67.91%		1,989		29.08%		206		3.01%		2,656		38.83%		6,840
	Indiana		5,687		72.25%		1,767		22.45%		417		5.30%		3,920		49.80%		7,871
	Jefferson		5,950		62.38%		3,063		32.11%		525		5.50%		2,887		30.27%		9,538
	Juniata		1,805		51.50%		1,621		46.25%		79		2.25%		184		5.25%		3,505
	Lackawanna		16,763		51.56%		14,728		45.30%		1,019		3.13%		2,035		6.26%		32,510
	Lancaster		23,230		71.77%		8,437		26.07%		701		2.17%		14,793		45.70%		32,368
	Lawrence		6,343		61.39%		2,754		26.66%		1,235		11.95%		3,589		34.74%		10,332
	Lebanon		7,089		66.76%		3,050		28.72%		479		4.51%		4,039		38.04%		10,618
	Lehigh		9,775		47.64%		10,438		50.87%		304		1.48%		-663		-3.23%		20,517
	Luzerne		21,793		54.87%		16,470		41.47%		1,454		3.66%		5,323		13.40%		39,717
	Lycoming		7,750		47.53%		7,427		45.55%		1,127		6.91%		323		1.98%		16,304
	McKean		6,319		61.39%		3,427		33.29%		547		5.31%		2,892		28.10%		10,293
	Mercer		6,950		55.94%		4,916		39.57%		559		4.50%		2,034		16.37%		12,425
	Mifflin		2,594		56.48%		1,842		40.10%		157		3.42%		752		16.37%		4,593
	Monroe		1,264		27.99%		3,054		67.63%		198		4.38%		-1,790		-39.64%		4,516
	Montgomery		17,051		59.10%		11,208		38.85%		590		2.05%		5,843		20.25%		28,849
	Montour		1,292		39.89%		1,875		57.89%		72		2.22%		-583		-18.00%		3,239
	Northampton		9,849		45.14%		11,412		52.31%		556		2.55%		-1,563		-7.16%		21,817
	Northumberland		8,366		49.35%		7,989		47.13%		596		3.52%		377		2.22%		16,951
	Perry		3,400		57.41%		2,440		41.20%		82		1.38%		960		16.21%		5,922
	Philadelphia		173,657		73.93%		58,179		24.77%		3,053		1.30%		115,478		49.16%		234,889
	Pike		694		35.30%		1,236		62.87%		36		1.83%		-542		-27.57%		1,966
	Potter		3,224		56.29%		2,147		37.49%		356		6.22%		1,077		18.81%		5,727
	Schuylkill		15,327		50.73%		14,496		47.98%		392		1.30%		831		2.75%		30,215
	Snyder		2,517		64.85%		1,319		33.99%		45		1.16%		1,198		30.87%		3,881
	Somerset		6,677		73.30%		2,151		23.61%		281		3.08%		4,526		49.69%		9,109
	Sullivan		1,266		45.46%		1,376		49.41%		143		5.13%		-110		-3.95%		2,785
	Susquehanna		5,019		55.24%		3,527		38.82%		539		5.93%		1,492		16.42%		9,085
	Tioga		7,458		71.02%		2,638		25.12%		406		3.87%		4,820		45.90%		10,502
	Union		2,810		65.82%		1,359		31.83%		100		2.34%		1,451		33.99%		4,269
	Venango		5,931		52.75%		4,014		35.70%		1,299		11.55%		1,917		17.05%		11,244
	Warren		5,609		64.88%		2,500		28.92%		536		6.20%		3,109		35.96%		8,645
	Washington		10,408		59.40%		6,380		36.41%		733		4.18%		4,028		22.99%		17,521
	Wayne		3,229		50.91%		2,647		41.74%		466		7.35%		582		9.18%		6,342
	Westmoreland		16,014		57.00%		11,010		39.19%		1,072		3.82%		5,004		17.81%		28,096
	Wyoming		2,247		52.61%		1,875		43.90%		149		3.49%		372		8.71%		4,271
	York		12,327		46.29%		13,732		51.56%		572		2.15%		-1,405		-5.28%		26,631
Totals	712,665	60.74%	424,232	36.16%	36,313	3.10%	288,433	24.58%	1,173,210

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1900 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
2. Web site: David Leip. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. 1900 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania. 2018-03-24.
3. Book: Robinson, Edgar Eugene. 1947. The Presidential Vote 1896-1932. 309–313. 9780804716963.